Desk for hotel-registers



110.752.802. PATENTED'PBB.23,1904, G. P. ROSE, JR.

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GEORGE P. ROSE, JR,

Patented February 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

OF-DUBUQUE, IOWA.

DEYSK FOR HOTEL-REGISTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 752,802, datedFebruary 23, 1904. r

Application filed December 10, 1902. Serial N0-'134,710- (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LGEoReE P. Rosn, J r., a

citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Dubuqueand State of Iowa, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements inDesks for Hotel-Registers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame. The object ofmy invention is to provide an attractive andsubstantial hotel-register desk with show-case which is removablyattached to the desk and adapted to be shifted from side to side of thedesk above the registerbook and rest oneither page of theregister orturned off from the register.

It consists chiefly in a base-board along each side of which is formed aguideway with which the show-case is adapted to engage and traveltherein.

It also consists in providing means in the guideways whereby theshow-case can be readily removed and, further, in details ofconstruction for conveniently operating the same. 7

These various features will be fully developed in the followingspecification when taken in connection with the drawings accompanyingthe same and forming a part hereof.

Figure l is a perspective view of my invention with the show-caseshifted to one end of the desk. Fig. 2 is a perspective View with theshow-case turned off from the register at one end of the desk. Fig. 3 isa cross-section through the line w w of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows aperspective view of the desk and rollers upon the show-case in guidewayswith a portion of the desk and show-case cut away. Fig. 5 is an end viewof the desk, guides, and showcase with register therein.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each of thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the base-board of the desk,which consists of a plain board, preferably covered with cloth andhaving ornamental edges.

Along each sideof the desk A is secured a guideway D. These guidewaysconsist of rectangular tubing with a slot E running the entire length,leaving a portion 6 of the side projecting downward from the top of theguideway D and also a portion 71 of the part below the slot projectingupward, forming guides for the-show-case, presently to be described. Theupper sides of the guideways D are cutaway at G near the center, and theends d of the guideways are closed for the purposes presently to appear.

It is manifest that the slot or openingEmay be along in the top or innerside of the guideways, I do not wish to be limited to the specific formof construction of the guideways shown, as it is manifest that variousforms may be used and still be within the spirit of my invention, whichconsists, broadly, in a guideway at each side of the base-board, withwhich the show-case presently to be described engages and travelstherein.

The show-case H is surrounded by a frame It, preferably ofchannel-brass, in the channel of which an advertising-sheet is placed,and above and below the sheet is also placed glass (not shown) toprotect the sheet from becoming soiled. Upon each end of the frame issecured a plate K, which extends the length of the end of the show-caseand is provided with rollers L, one at each end of the plate K, thusfurnishing one roller at each cornerv of the show-case. These rollersare adapted to travelin the guideways D and prevent. the

vided with two of these sloping sides 0. The

object of this is when the show-case is shifted to rest upon one page ofthe register the rollers L will roll down to the bottom of the recessesM and N, and this will bring the showcase down to be sustained upon theopen register, and when it is desired to shift the showcase to theopposite page of the register the rollers L can readily be rolled up thesloping sides 0 of the recesses M and N, and-thus the show-case may beeasily shifted from one page to another of the register or entirelyremoved.

The manner of using my device is substantially as follows: The registeris placed upon the base-board between the guideways. The two rollers Lat opposite corners of the showcase are then introduced into theguideways through the openings G and moved along in the guideways tillthey come nearly to the end, when the other two rollers L will bebrought to the openings G, through which they will enter into theguideways. Then the show-case can be readily shifted from end to end torest upon either page of the open register. When it is desired toinspect both pages of the register, the show-case is shifted to one endand turned up, drawing one set of the rollers out of engagement with theguideways through the openings G. One set of the rollers will come incontact with the ends d of the guideways and the side of the showcaseagainst the end of the base-board and hold the show-case at an angle, asshown in Fig. 2. WVhenever it is desired to remove the show-case, it isshifted to one end and one set of the rollers are removed through theopenings G. Then the show-case is drawn toward the same opening G andthe other rollers are released and the case removed.

It will be seen by this mode of construction that the show-case isreadily removable without removing the guideways and may be shippedindependent of the desk whenever broken or a new advertising-sheet isrequired. It can also be readily inserted in position by any one withoutany special tools or without removing the guideways and when in positioncan be shifted from end to end of the register or turned oif at the endof the register. It

will also be observed that since the guideways are permanently attachedto the base-board at either side they serve to hold the register inproper position on the desk at all times.

Since the rollers L roll down into the recesses M and N, the entireshow-case will be sustained upon either page of the open register,whether a few or nearly all the leaves of the register are on one end ofthe .desk, and as the show-case is sustained by the register there willbe little or no danger of the glass being broken by pressure thereon.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a desk forhotel-registers, a baseboard, guideways set on opposite sides of thebase-board and formed with openings, and a show-case adapted to engagesaid guideways and travel therein and be removed through the openings inthe guideways.

2. The combination of a base-board, a guideway permanently secured alongeach side of the base-board and each provided with a central opening,and a show-case provided with projections at each end adapted to engagethe guideways through their openings and travel therein, whereby theshow-case can be shifted from end to end of the base-board to rest onoppositepages of the register.

3. The combination of a base-board, a guideway attached to each side ofthe base-board and provided with an opening therein, a showcase adaptedto be introduced into the guideways through the openings and travel inthe guideways, and means for holding the showcase at an angle to thebase-board when turned off from the register.

4:. In a desk for hotel-registers, a baseboard, a guideway permanentlyattached at each side of the base-board, a show-case adapted to beintroduced into the guideways at its opposite ends, and be shifted fromend to end of the base-boardin the guideways, and means for permittingthe show-case to be sustained upon the register.

5. In a desk for hotel-registers, a baseboard, a guideway rigidlysecured to each side of the base-board and provided with a centralopening, a show-case adapted to be removably engaged in the guideways,and means for permitting the show-case to be disengaged from its contactwith the guideways and. turned off from the register.

6. In a desk for hotel-registers, a baseboard, guideways consisting oftubes having a longitudinal slot in each tube, and a showcase providedwith rollers at each corner and adapted to engage the slots in theguideways and travel therein.

7 In a desk for hotel registers, a baseboard, guideways each providedwith an opening and secured on opposite sides of the baseboard, and ashow-case provided with projections adapted to engage the guidewaysthrough the openings, whereby the show-case is readily introduced in theguideways and removed therefrom.

8. In a desk for hotel registers, a baseboard provided with recesses inthe opposite ends of said base-board, a guideway in each side of thebase-board with recesses coincident to and adapted to enter the recessesin the base-board, a show-case, and projections upon I said show-caseadapted to travel in said guide ways and to enter the recesses in theguideways, whereby the show-case may be sustained upon the openregister.

9. In a desk for hotel-registers, a baseboard provided with recesses inopposite ends of said base-board, a guideway formed with recessescoincident with the recesses in the base-board and set upon oppositesides of the base-board, and a show-case adapted to travel in saidguideways and enter said recesses in the guideways.

10. In a desk for hotel-registers, a baseboard provided with recesses inopposite edges of said board, a guideway upon the opposite edges of saidbase-board having openings coincident with the recesses in thebase-board, and formed with a central opening in each of the guideways,and a show-case adapted to engage the guideways through their centralopenings and rest upon the open register and be removed from theguideways.

11. In a desk for hotel-registers, a baseboard, a guideway on oppositeedges of the base-board and each provided with a central opening, and ashow-case provided with rollers on each of the corners, adapted to beintroduced into the guideways through said central openings and travelin the guideways and be removed therefrom.

12. In a desk for hotel-registers, a base board, guideways consisting oftubes each having a longitudinal slot and closed at their ends and eachprovided with a central opening, and a show-case provided withprojections adapted to engage said guideways through the opening andhold the show-case at an angle to the desk whenit is turned ofl from theopen register by the engagement of the projections on the show-case withthe ends of the guideways and engagement of the showcase with the end ofthe base-board.

13. Adesk for hotel-registers, consistingof a base-board provided withrecesses in op posite edges of the base-board, a guideway at oppositeedges of the base-board and formed with a central opening in eachguideway and provided with openings in said guideways co- M. M. CADY, W.B. KEOGH.

